JPH07220100A - Device and method for processing ruled line - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a document processor capable of executing processing to accurately move a rule line in upward/downward or rightward/leftward directions by an easy operation. CONSTITUTION:A rule line processor is provided with a CRT display device 1 which displays the rule line, and a pointing device 5 which instructs the movement of the rule line displayed on the CRT display device 1 in arbitrary moving direction and moving quantity, and the horizontal (vertical) component of the moving quantity instructed by the pointing device 5 is derived, and the rule line whose movement is instructed by the pointing device 5 is moved in the horizontal (vertical) direction by a derived horizontal (vertical) component.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus capable of editing a table set.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In table editing in a conventional document processing apparatus, when a created and displayed ruled line is grasped by a pointing device, it follows the movement of the pointing device and moves from an original position to an arbitrary direction. , Was able to move any amount of movement.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional document processing apparatus, since the moving direction is free, if the ruled line is to be moved up and down or left and right accurately, the moving direction cannot be specified accurately. However, there is a problem that the operation becomes troublesome.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a ruled line processing apparatus of the present invention has a display control means for displaying at least one ruled line and a ruled line displayed by the display control means. , A movement instruction means for instructing movement by an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount, a deriving means for deriving a horizontal component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instruction means, and a ruled line for which movement is instructed by the movement instruction means And a moving means for moving in the horizontal direction only by the horizontal component derived by the deriving means.

A ruled line processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention uses display control means for displaying at least one ruled line and an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount for the ruled line displayed by the display control means. The movement instructing means for instructing the movement, the deriving means for deriving the vertical component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing means, and the ruled line instructed to move by the movement instructing means are the vertical lines derived by the deriving means. And a moving means for moving only the component in the vertical direction.

A ruled line processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention uses display control means for displaying at least one ruled line and an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount for the ruled line displayed by the display control means. A movement instruction means for instructing movement, a determination means for determining whether the movement direction instructed by the movement instruction means is up, down, left or right, and the determination means for the movement amount instructed by the movement instruction means. Deriving means for deriving the component in the direction determined by the moving means, and moving means for moving the ruled line instructed to move by the movement instructing means in the direction determined by the determining means by the component derived by the deriving means. And with.

A ruled line processing method according to another aspect of the present invention uses a display control step of displaying at least one ruled line and an arbitrary moving direction and moving amount with respect to the ruled line displayed by the display control step. The movement instructing step for instructing the movement, the deriving step for deriving the horizontal component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing step, and the ruled line for which the movement is instructed by the movement instructing step are the horizontal directions derived by the deriving step. Only the components are moved horizontally.

A ruled line processing method according to another aspect of the present invention uses a display control step of displaying at least one ruled line and an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount with respect to the ruled line displayed by the display control step. A movement instructing step for instructing movement, a deriving step for deriving a vertical component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing step, and a ruled line for which movement is instructed by the movement instructing step, the vertical line derived by the deriving step. Only the components are moved vertically.

A ruled line processing method according to another aspect of the present invention uses a display control step of displaying at least one ruled line and an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount with respect to the ruled line displayed by the display control step. A movement instruction step of instructing movement, a determination step of determining whether the movement direction instructed by the movement instruction step is vertical or horizontal, and the determination step of the movement amount instructed by the movement instruction step A deriving step of deriving a component of the direction determined by the moving step, and a moving step of moving the ruled line whose movement is instructed by the movement instructing means in the direction determined by the determining step by only the component derived by the deriving step. And with.

[0010]

In the ruled line processing device, the move instructing unit instructs the move of the ruled line displayed by the display control unit in an arbitrary moving direction and the moving amount, and the deriving unit causes the ruled line to move.
The horizontal component of the instructed movement amount is derived, and the ruled line whose movement is instructed by the movement instructing unit is moved in the horizontal direction by the moving unit by the horizontal component derived by the deriving unit.

In the ruled line processing apparatus according to the other aspect, the movement instructing unit instructs the ruled lines displayed by the display control unit to move in any moving direction and the moving amount, and the deriving unit instructs the moving lines. The vertical component derived by the movement instructing means is moved in the horizontal direction by the vertical component derived by the deriving means.

According to another aspect of the ruled line processing apparatus, the movement instructing unit instructs the ruled line displayed by the display control unit to move in an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount, and the determination unit instructs the movement. It is determined whether the moved direction is up, down, left or right, and the derivation means derives the component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing means in the direction determined by the determination means, and the movement means , The ruled line whose movement is instructed by the movement instructing means,
Only the component derived by the deriving unit moves in the direction determined by the determining unit.

In the ruled line processing method according to the above-mentioned other aspect, with respect to the ruled line displayed by the display control step, the movement is instructed by the movement instructing step by an arbitrary movement direction and the movement amount, and the derivation step is instructed. The horizontal component of the determined movement amount is derived, and the ruled line whose movement is instructed in the movement instructing step is moved in the horizontal direction by the movement step by the horizontal component derived in the deriving step.

In the ruled line processing method according to the above-described other aspect, the ruled line displayed in the display control process is instructed to move in an arbitrary moving direction and movement amount in the movement instructing process, and is instructed in the deriving process. The vertical component derived by the moving instruction is moved in the horizontal direction by the moving step by the vertical component derived by the deriving step.

In the ruled line processing method according to the above-mentioned other aspect, the ruled line displayed in the display control step is instructed to be moved by the movement instruction step in an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount, and in the judgment step. It is determined whether the moved direction is up, down, left or right, and the derivation step derives the component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing step in the direction determined by the determination step, and , The ruled line whose movement is instructed in the movement instruction step,
Only the component derived by the deriving step is moved in the direction determined by the determining step.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

<Description of Apparatus> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CRT display device, which displays a document being edited, various message menus, and the like. 2 is a video RAM (VRAM), a CRT
The image displayed on the screen of the display device 1 is expanded and stored. A bit move unit (BMU) 3 controls data transfer between a plurality of memories or between a memory and each device. Reference numeral 4 is a keyboard having various keys for inputting or instructing when editing a document, and reference numeral 5 is a pointing device (PD) for pointing an icon on the screen.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a CPU, which performs various calculations and judgments based on a control program stored in the ROM 7 to control each section of the apparatus. Reference numeral 7 denotes a ROM, which stores a program corresponding to each processing procedure of the present embodiment, which will be described later with reference to a document editing process, an error process, and a flowchart. Reference numeral 8 denotes a RAM, which is used as a work area when the CPU executes the above-described programs and a temporary save area when error processing is performed.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a hard disk drive (HDD),
Reference numeral 10 denotes a floppy disk drive (FDD), and each disk is used for storing application programs, data, libraries, etc. described later.
11 is a network interface (Net-I /
F) shows the data control and diagnosis on the network in order to transfer the data to and from another document processing apparatus via the network. Reference numeral 12 denotes an I / O bus (comprising an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus) that connects the units described above.

In this embodiment, the control program is RO
Although it is supposed to be stored in M7, HDD9 and FDD1
It is also possible to read out from a storage medium such as a hard disk (HD) or a floppy disk (FD) via 0 and use it. Alternatively, the Net-I / F may be used to supply the stored program from another device connected to the network.
On the contrary, these programs can be supplied to other systems or devices via a storage medium such as FD or HD or a network.

<Outline of Table Set> The table set is a form in which a table is expressed as a part of a document in a processing program on the apparatus as in this embodiment. In the table set, a cell can be created by using a ruled line editing function using various line types, and a character can be input into the cell by using a character editing function using a character modification or an emphasized typeface. Further, the character string in the cell is displayed after typesetting based on the cell attribute (information such as character alignment in the cell). With such a table grouping function, it is possible to represent a table that has undergone complicated editing.

<Structure of Table Data> The data structure at the time of editing the table data processed on the apparatus of this embodiment is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

At the time of editing the table set, the data of the table set is divided into two areas, an edit data area 21 and a local data area 22, on the RAM 8 for convenience of processing, as shown in FIG. A portion 24 of the edit data area 21 excluding the table control information portion 23 (which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3) holds temporary data to be created / erased only during editing.

The local data area 22 holds information about each element such as ruled lines and characters that make up the table set,
When saving the data after the editing is completed, the data in the save format is created from the data in the area 22 and the table setting control information 23. The work area management information 25 (which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4) is information for managing each information in the edit data area 21 and the local data area 22. 26 and 27 are areas in which the entity of the break information (which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 12) and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the break information) for creating new break information are mixed and gathered. is there. Here, each piece of information has a format in which the delimiter information is the delimiter information, the reserved area is the reserved areas, and the pointer to the next information and the pointer to the previous information are held. All information is traceable. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, this type of data structure is referred to as a “list structure”.

Reference numerals 28 and 29 are areas where the substance of cell information (which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8) and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the cell information) for creating new cell information are mixed and collected. is there. This part also has a list structure. 30,
Reference numerals 31, 32, and 33 are the entities of the diagonal ruled line information (which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5), the horizontal ruled line information (which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6), and the vertical ruled line information (which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7). ) And a reserved area dedicated to creating new ruled line information (same size as each ruled line information) are mixed and gathered. This part also has a list structure. Note that the diagonal ruled line information, the horizontal ruled line information, and the vertical ruled line information have the same size because a dedicated reserved area for creating new ruled line information is commonly used.

34 and 35 are a mixture of the substance of cell attribute information (which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 10) and a dedicated reserved area (same size as the cell attribute information) for creating new cell information. It is a gathered area. This part also has a list structure. 36 and 37 are option cell attribute information (see FIG. 11).
And a reserved area dedicated to creating new cell information (having the same size as the optional cell attribute information) are mixed and gathered. This part also has a list structure. The option cell attribute information has the same size regardless of the type of the option attribute because the dedicated reserved area for creating new option cell attribute information is commonly used.

FIG. 3 shows the detailed structure of the table group control information section 23 shown in FIG. 41 is a command indicating the start of table group data,
Reference numeral 42 is a flag relating to the editing of the entire table set, such as information indicating whether or not the cell is automatically expanded when a character is input. Four
3, 44, 45, and 46 are information indicating the version of each processing program when the table data is created. Four
7 is the final address of the cell, and 48 is the final number of the group used in the table data. Reference numeral 49 is a reserve area to prepare for a change in the data format due to future function expansion.

Reference numerals 50 to 53 are information relating to the measure (grid), and 50 is a flag indicating display / non-display of the grid and a grid designation unit. 52 and 53 are values indicating the grid interval. Reference numeral 53 is a reserved area in preparation for a change in data format due to future function expansion.

Reference numerals 54 to 56 are information relating to the designated parent-child rule, and are composed of an upper line width 54, a line interval 55, and an underline width 56.

The detailed structure of the work management information 25 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 61 is an ID for identifying data. 62 is the start address of the edit data area 21, 63
Indicates the size of the entire secured edit data area 21, and 64 indicates the effective size of the edit data. Reference numeral 65 is a pointer to the table control information edit data area 23, and 66 is management information of an empty portion of the edit data area 24 (a portion of the portion of the area 24 other than the portion occupied by the valid edit data).

67 is present in the information area (30 to 33 in FIG. 2) related to the ruled line in the local data area 22.
This is a pointer to the first record in the list of diagonal ruled line information. Similarly, 68 is a horizontal ruled line, and 69 is a pointer to each top record of a vertical ruled line. Reference numeral 76 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for ruled line information.

Reference numeral 70 is management information of cell information, which holds the number of cells, a pointer to the cell information of the current cell, and the like. Reference numeral 71 is a pointer to the first record of the cell information list existing in the cell information area (28 to 29 in FIG. 2) in the local data area 22. Also,
Reference numeral 74 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for cell information.

Reference numeral 72 is a pointer to the first record of the list of cell attribute information existing in the area (34 to 35 in FIG. 2) of the information on the cell attribute in the local data area 22. Reference numeral 77 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for cell attribute information.

Reference numeral 73 is a pointer to the first record of the list of reserved areas for break information existing in the break information areas (26 to 27 in FIG. 2) in the local data area 22. Reference numeral 75 is a pointer to the first record in the list of reserved areas for character data.

Reference numeral 78 is a pointer to the first record of the list of the reserved area for option cell attribute information existing in the option cell attribute information area (36 to 37 in FIG. 2) in the local data area 22. Reference numeral 79 is Undo control information for cancellation processing during table group editing, and 80 is table group operation information indicating current information being edited (menu type being processed, etc.). Reference numeral 81 denotes a selected ruled line information header indicating a selected ruled line (described in detail with reference to FIG. 13), 8
2 is a selected cell information header (FIG. 14) showing the cell being selected.
Will be described in detail). 83 is a work area, 8
4 is an empty area in the local data area 22 (3 in FIG. 2).
8) Free space management information for local data area for managing 8).

FIG. 5 shows the detailed structure of the diagonal ruled line record.

Reference numeral 91 is the coordinates of the start point of the diagonal ruled line. Here, the starting point is the end point having the smaller y coordinate. Reference numeral 92 indicates a line type, and any one of a solid line, a dotted line, a one-dot chain line, a two-dot chain line, a broken line, a long broken line, and a hidden line is designated. Reference numeral 93 is a line width, and 94 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock.
Reference numeral 95 is information regarding rounded corners. 96 and 97 are information regarding the color of the line. 98 is the vertical length of the line, 99 is the horizontal length of the line, and only the horizontal length 99 can take a negative value. Reference numeral 100 is a pointer to the next diagonal ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. Reference numeral 101 is a pointer to the preceding diagonal ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. The diagonal ruled line record forms a list structure by the information of 100 and 101, and exists in the portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows the detailed structure of the horizontal ruled line record.

The horizontal ruled line is represented by one record as one ruled line as long as it is continuous. In the screen operation, the unit divided at the intersection of the vertical ruled line and the diagonal ruled line is treated as one ruled line, but it is the information of the intersection with other ruled lines held by each horizontal ruled line record (“break information”). Fig. 12
This will be explained in detail). However, even with continuous horizontal ruled lines, if the line type or color changes, or if a rounded corner is specified at the intersection with another ruled line, it is regarded as another ruled line from that part and managed in another record. .

Reference numeral 111 is the coordinates of the starting point of the horizontal ruled line. Here, the starting point is the end point of the smaller x coordinate. Reference numeral 112 denotes a line type, which is one of a solid line, a dotted line, a one-dot chain line, a two-dot chain line, a broken line, a long dashed line, a hidden line, a double-column rule, a parent-child rule 1, a parent-child rule 2, a designated parent-child rule 1, and a designated parent-child rule 2. It is specified. 11
Reference numeral 3 is a line width, and 114 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 115 is information regarding rounded corners. 116, 1
Reference numeral 17 is information regarding the color of the line. 118 is the length of the line. Reference numeral 119 is a pointer to the next horizontal ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist. Reference numeral 120 is a pointer to the previous horizontal ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. The horizontal ruled line record forms a list structure by the information of 119 and 120, and exists in the portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG. 12
Reference numeral 1 is a pointer to information on the beginning of the horizontal ruled line. Reference numeral 122 is a serial number sequentially assigned from the smallest y-coordinate of the horizontal ruled line. Therefore, the same number is assigned to all horizontal ruled line records having the same y coordinate.

FIG. 7 shows the detailed structure of the vertical ruled line record.

The vertical ruled lines are represented by one record as one ruled line as long as they are continuous. In the screen operation, the unit divided at the intersection with the horizontal ruled line and the diagonal ruled line is treated as one ruled line, but it is the information of the intersection with other ruled lines held by each horizontal ruled line record (“break information”). Figure 1
2 will be described in detail). However, even with continuous vertical ruled lines, if the line type or color changes, or
If a rounded corner is specified at the intersection with another ruled line, that part is regarded as another ruled line and is managed in another record.

Reference numeral 131 is the coordinates of the starting point of the vertical ruled line. Here, the starting point is the end point having the smaller y coordinate. A line type 132 indicates a solid line, a dotted line, a dash-dotted line, a dash-dotted line, a broken line, a long broken line, a hidden line, a double-column ruled line, a parent-child ruled line 1, a parent-child ruled line 2, a designated parent-child ruled line 1, or a designated parent-child ruled line 2. It is specified. Thirteen
3 is a line width, and 134 is a flag indicating information such as ruled line lock. Reference numeral 135 is information regarding rounded corners. 136, 1
37 is information regarding the color of the line. 138 is the length of the line. Reference numeral 139 is a pointer to the next vertical ruled line record, which is NULL when the next record does not exist.

Reference numeral 140 is a pointer to the previous vertical ruled line record, which is NULL for the first record. The vertical ruled line record forms a list structure by the information of 139 and 140, and exists in the portions indicated by 30 to 33 in FIG. Reference numeral 141 is a pointer to the leading delimiter information of this vertical ruled line. Reference numeral 142 is a serial number sequentially assigned from the smallest x-coordinate of the horizontal ruled line. Therefore, the same number is assigned to all vertical ruled line records having the same x coordinate.

FIG. 8 shows a detailed structure of cell information.

A cell is a rectangular area completely surrounded by vertical and horizontal ruled lines. The number of ruled lines forming cells may be any number as long as it is four or more. One cell is managed by one cell information. In addition, the cell is a normal cell containing a character string,
There are two types of formula cells that contain calculation formulas.

Reference numeral 151 is a pointer to the horizontal ruled line record of the leftmost ruled line among the horizontal ruled lines forming the upper side of the cell. Reference numeral 152 is a pointer to the vertical ruled line record of the uppermost vertical ruled line among the vertical ruled lines forming the left side of the cell. 153 is the upper left coordinate of the cell, and 154 is the cell size. 155 is the number of horizontal ruled lines forming the upper side of the cell, and 156 is rounded corner information of each of the four corners of the cell. 1
57 is information obtained by obtaining the maximum line width of each side based on the information of the ruled lines forming each of the four sides of the cell. Reference numeral 158 is a character record (described in detail with reference to FIG. 9) that is information about characters belonging to the cell. Reference numeral 159 is a pointer to information such as the character position of the result of typesetting the character string in the cell. Reference numeral 160 is a pointer that is valid only when the cell is a normal cell, and that indicates the value of the cell to be passed to the calculation processing program when the cell becomes a calculation target during calculation. Reference numeral 161 is a pointer to the next cell information, which is NULL when the next information does not exist. 162 is a pointer to the previous cell information, which is NULL in the case of the head information. The cell information forms a list structure by the information of 161, 162, and exists in the portions indicated by 34 to 35 in FIG.

FIG. 9 shows the detailed structure of the character record.

The character record is information about the character in the cell which has a one-to-one correspondence with the cell information and is held in the cell information.

Reference numeral 171 is an area for storing the number of bytes of the entire character record when the table setting data is stored as a file and is not used during editing. Reference numeral 172 is a flag indicating cell lock, heading designation, and cell type (normal or formula). Reference numeral 173 indicates a group number when cells are grouped. Reference numeral 174 is valid only in the first member cell of the group and indicates the number of group members. 175 is valid only when the cells are grouped, and indicates the number of member in the group. Here, the group is
In a processing mode unique to a table group in which a plurality of cells are regarded as one cell by grouping, the character string input thereto is sequentially assigned to each cell according to the group member number from the head member of the group and displayed.

Reference numeral 176 is a cell address, and the formula serves as an index for identifying the cell during the calculation process. Reference numeral 177 is a pointer to cell attribute information (described in detail with reference to FIG. 10). Reference numeral 179 is information specifying the leading horizontal ruled line of the cell to which this character record belongs. Reference numeral 179 is information for managing a character string for each member cell in the case of grouped cells. Reference numeral 180 denotes a character data count, which indicates the size of the entire area of 183 for a normal cell and 185 for a formula cell by the number of characters. Similarly to 180, 181 indicates the size of the character data buffer by the number of characters. Reference numeral 182 is a pointer to the character data buffer.

When the cell is a normal cell, the character data buffer contains a character string (character editing command and character code).
It is occupied by only 184.

When the cell is a formula cell, the character data buffer is divided into parts 186 to 191. 187 shows the calculation result as an option cell attribute (described in detail with reference to FIG. 11).
The character string (command and character code of character editing process) processed by referring to the calculated value display attribute held as 186 is the number of characters. Reference numeral 188 is an area for storing information on calculation results, and 189 is an area for storing information necessary for calculation, which is used by the calculation processing program during processing. 191 is the formula body held by the cell, which is the data in reverse Polish format.
0 is the number of characters.

FIG. 10 shows the detailed structure of the cell attribute information.

The cell attribute information must be 1 for each character record.
There is a case where one cell attribute information is referred to by a plurality of character records with only one piece of information.

201 is the number of bytes of the entire cell attribute information, and 202 is a value showing how many character records refer to the cell information. A set flag 203 is information such as a set direction. Reference numeral 204 is a character flag, which is information such as a character type (full-width, half-width, etc.) and alignment of top, bottom, left, and right. Reference numeral 205 is standard typeface information about a typeface used when Japanese is input in a cell, 206 is European typeface information about a typeface used when inputting alphanumeric characters in a cell, and 207 is information about a background color of a character. Two
Reference numeral 08 denotes a space between lines, 209 a left margin, 210 a right margin, 211 an upper margin, and 212 a lower margin. Reference numeral 213 is information indicating which type of optional attribute this cell attribute has. The option attributes not included here use default option attributes. Reference numeral 214 is cell face type information, 215 is the number of indented characters, 216 is the number of indented characters, and 217 is a baseline adjustment amount for neatly displaying mixed sentences of Japanese and European sentences. Reference numeral 218 is a pointer to the option attribute information held by this cell attribute, and is N if no option attribute is held.
It is ULL.

FIG. 11 shows the detailed structure of the option attribute information.

The option attribute is held in the form of one option attribute list for one cell attribute information. Here, the option attribute list is a list in which the option attribute information is connected as indicated by 224 by the type specified by the option attribute flag 213 of the cell attribute information. In the option attribute information, 221 indicates the data type of the option attribute. The types of the option attributes are Japanese emphasized typefaces 1-5, European emphasized typefaces 1-5,
There are 12 types of formula calculation value display attributes and tab information. 222
Is the data body of the option attribute, in which the data in the format according to the type is stored. The size of the data is the same for each type for convenience of processing. 223 is a pointer to the next option attribute information. Contains NULL if there is no next optional attribute.

FIG. 12 shows the detailed structure of the break information.

Reference numeral 231 is a pointer to the next break information, which is NULL when the next information does not exist. Reference numeral 232 is a pointer to the previous break information, which is NULL in the case of the top information. Cell information is 23
A list structure is formed by the information of 1 and 232.
It exists in the part shown by 6-27. Reference numeral 233 is a flag indicating the crossing direction, 234 is the coordinate of the break position, and 235 is a pointer to the ruled line record of the intersecting partner.

FIG. 13 shows the detailed structure of the selected ruled line information.

The selected ruled line information header is information regarding the selected ruled line and is held in the work area management information 81 in the local data area. Reference numeral 241 indicates the upper left coordinate of the entire ruled line range being selected, and 242 indicates the lower right coordinate thereof. 243 is
A value indicating how many pieces of selected ruled line information can be stored in the memory reserved for the arrangement of the selected ruled line information. When the area is insufficient, a new area is reserved. 244 is the number of ruled lines being selected, and 245 is the start address of the array of selected ruled line information. Each selected ruled line information is composed of the contents indicated by 246 to 249. A ruled line type 246 is any of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal ruled lines. Reference numeral 247 is a pointer to the ruled line record. 248 and 249 are information for specifying a part of the ruled line (in the unit of division) when the part is selected.

FIG. 14 shows the detailed structure of the selected cell information.

The selected cell information header is information about the cell being selected and is held in the work area management information 82 in the local data area. 251 is a value indicating how many pieces of selection ruled line information can be stored in the memory reserved for the arrangement of the selected cell information. When the area is insufficient, a new area is reserved. 252 is the number of selected cells, and 253 is the start address of the array of selected cell information. Each selected cell information is composed of the contents shown in 254 to 255. 25
Reference numeral 4 is a work flag used during processing, and 255 is a pointer to cell information.

<Horizontal / vertical movement processing of ruled line> FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining horizontal / vertical direction movement processing of ruled lines in the present embodiment. The ruled line moving process according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, consider moving the ruled line shown in (1) of FIG. 15A by normal movement. The normal ruled line movement is performed by grasping the ruled line of (1) with the PD 5 and moving it to a desired destination. In this case, the ruled line also moves following the movement of the PD 5 and can be moved to a free position (for example, each position shown by a broken line).

Next, the processing for moving the ruled line in (1) only in the horizontal or vertical direction in FIG. 15B will be described.
In this case, when grasping the ruled line (1) on the PD 5, an operation of continuously pressing a key (for example, the Shift key) on the keyboard 4 is performed. When this operation is performed, the movement of the ruled line is limited so that it does not follow the movement of the PD 5 as it is, but only moves horizontally or vertically from the original position.

The keys of the keyboard 4 can be released when the movement starts. The direction of movement is shown in Fig. 1.
As shown in FIG. 6, the PD 5 is divided into upper, lower, left, and right areas of 90 degrees, and the PD 5 is moved toward the area in which the cursor is located.

17 and 18 are flowcharts of the ruled line moving process of this embodiment. Figure 17 shows the ruled line movement start processing.
FIG. 18 shows the ruled line movement end processing.

First, in FIG. 17, it is checked in step S1 whether or not the Shift key is pressed at the time of starting the movement of the ruled line. If the Shift key is pressed, the horizontal / vertical movement mode flag is turned ON in step S2, and the process ends. If it is not pressed, the horizontal / vertical movement mode flag is set to O in step S3.
Finish with FF.

In the ruled line movement ending process of FIG. 18, it is checked in step S4 whether the horizontal / vertical movement mode flag is ON, and if it is ON, the process proceeds to step S5. If not, a normal moving process is performed in step S9 and the process ends. In step S5, the amount of movement in the X direction and the amount of movement in the Y direction designated by PD5 are compared. If the amount of movement in the X direction is greater, the process proceeds to horizontal movement processing in step S6.
If not, the process proceeds to the vertical movement process of step S8.

In step S6, a new position is calculated by adding only the amount of movement in the X direction out of the amount of movement instructed by PD5 to the original position of the ruled line, and the process proceeds to step S7. On the other hand, in step S8, a new position is calculated by adding only the amount of movement in the Y direction out of the amount of movement designated by PD5 to the original position of the ruled line, and the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, new position information is set in the ruled line record, and the process ends. Based on the updated ruled line record, the ruled line is displayed at a new position (the position moved horizontally or vertically from the original position).

In the above embodiment, the Shift key is used to instruct horizontal / vertical movement.
Other keys such as the l key may be used. Also,
Instead of the designation by such a key, a “horizontal / vertical movement mode” menu shown in FIG. 19A may be added to enable ON / OFF of the mode to be toggled selected, or shown in FIG. 19B. As described above, an item of "horizontal / vertical movement mode" may be provided on the environment setting panel so that it can be designated by the toggle button. In (b), (A)
Indicates an ON state.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, since the horizontal / vertical movement mode is recognized in the ruled line movement start processing, the mode input (Shif) is performed in the start processing.
Although it is necessary to press the t key or the like), the mode may be recognized in the ruled line movement end processing. Figure 20
Is a flowchart of this embodiment. Step S1
At 0, press the Shift key to specify the horizontal / vertical movement mode. In this way, it is possible to specify the mode after starting the movement, and it is not necessary to specify the mode at the time of starting the movement. Steps S11 to 15 are the same as steps S5 to 9 in FIG.

Further, in the above embodiment, the movement amount and the movement direction of the ruled line are designated by the PD 5, but it is conceivable that the movement amount in the movement direction is designated by a numerical value.

In this case, select the ruled line to be moved,
A process for numerically designating the movement amount is required. Figure 21
Shows a movement amount designation panel when the movement amount is designated by a numerical value. Select the ruled line you want to move in advance (it is possible to select multiple ruled lines),
21 (A) and 21 (B), the movement amounts in the X direction and the Y direction are input, and the setting button is selected to execute. When this method is used, if only the amount of movement in the X direction or only the amount of movement in the Y direction is input and executed, horizontal and vertical ruled line movement can be realized.

The present invention is not limited to a single device, but may be realized by a system composed of a plurality of devices, or may be realized by supplying a program to the device or system.

[0080]

As described above, according to the present invention,
There is an effect that the process of accurately moving the ruled line up and down or right and left can be executed by a simple operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a structure of table data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of a table control information section.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of work management information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of a diagonal ruled line record.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of a horizontal ruled line record.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of a vertical ruled line record.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of cell information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of a character record.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of cell attribute information.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of option attribute information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of break information.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of selected ruled line information.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of selected cell information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating ruled line movement processing.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a ruled line moving direction.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a ruled line movement start process.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of ruled line movement end processing.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a horizontal / vertical mode setting screen.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a ruled line movement ending process according to another embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a ruled line movement setting screen of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT display device 2 VRAM 3 BMU 4 keyboard 5 PD 6 CPU 7 ROM 8 RAM 9 search unit 10 FDD 11 Net-I / F 12 bus

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A display control means for displaying at least one ruled line, and a movement instruction means for instructing movement of the ruled line displayed by the display control means in an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount. Derivation means for deriving a horizontal component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing means, and moving means for horizontally moving the ruled line instructed to move by the movement instructing means by the horizontal component derived by the deriving means. A ruled line processing device characterized by having and. 2. The ruled line processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the movement instruction means indicates a position to be moved on the display. 3. Display control means for displaying at least one ruled line, and movement instruction means for instructing movement of the ruled line displayed by the display control means with an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount. Derivation means for deriving a vertical component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing means, and moving means for moving the ruled line instructed to move by the movement instructing means in the vertical direction by the vertical component derived by the deriving means. A ruled line processing device characterized by having and. 4. The ruled line processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the movement instructing means indicates a position to be moved on the display. 5. Display control means for displaying at least one ruled line, and movement instruction means for instructing movement of the ruled line displayed by the display control means in an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount. Determining means for determining whether the moving direction instructed by the moving instructing means is up or down or left and right, and a component of the amount of movement instructed by the moving instructing means in the direction determined by the determining means is derived. A ruled line comprising: a deriving unit and a moving unit that moves the ruled line instructed to move by the movement instructing unit in the direction determined by the determining unit by the component derived by the deriving unit. Processing equipment. 6. The ruled line processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the movement instructing means indicates a position to be moved on the display. 7. A display control step of displaying at least one ruled line, and a movement instruction step of instructing movement of the ruled line displayed by the display control step with an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount, A deriving step of deriving a horizontal component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing step, and a moving step of horizontally moving the ruled line whose movement is instructed in the movement instructing step by the horizontal component derived in the deriving step. A ruled line processing method characterized by comprising: 8. The ruled line processing method according to claim 7, wherein the movement instructing step indicates a position to be moved on the display. 9. A display control step of displaying at least one ruled line, and a movement instruction step of instructing movement of the ruled line displayed by the display control step in an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount. A deriving step of deriving a vertical component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instructing step, and a moving step of vertically moving the ruled line instructed to move by the movement instructing step by the vertical component derived in the deriving step. A ruled line processing method characterized by comprising: 10. The ruled line processing method according to claim 9, wherein the movement instruction step indicates a position to be moved on the display. 11. A display control step of displaying at least one ruled line, and a movement instruction step of instructing movement of the ruled line displayed by the display control step in an arbitrary movement direction and movement amount. A determination step of determining whether the movement direction instructed by the movement instruction step is up or down or left and right, and a component of the movement amount instructed by the movement instruction step in the direction determined by the determination step is derived. A ruled line comprising: a deriving step; and a moving means that moves the ruled line instructed to move by the movement instructing means in the direction determined by the determining step by the component derived by the deriving step. Processing method. 12. The ruled line processing method according to claim 11, wherein the movement instruction step indicates a position to be moved on the display.